Detail See You Later; Pope Benedict's Resignation   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 406 no. 8823 (Feb. 2013), page 54-55. Topik: Popes; Succession Planning; Politics; Religion Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.75 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Looking as ever on the bright side, the Vatican's habitually good-humoured spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, averred: "Before Easter, we'll have the new pope." But no amount of breezy optimism, nor any amount of praise for the integrity and achievements of Pope Benedict XVI, can detract from the momentous historical significance of his announcement on February 11th--or from the fact that the conclave to elect his successor will be one of the oddest in the papacy's two millennia. Benedict is one of only a handful of popes ever to resign, and the first for almost six centuries. Father Lombardi could not say what Benedict's title would be, nor how Christ's vicar on earth should be addressed in retirement. Though stubbornly conservative in many respects, Benedict is also a radical (as displayed in his encyclical of 2005 on the theology of love). But he kept his most radical utterance till the end. Speaking in Latin at a routine event, he said: "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry." That several of the cardinals present failed to understand must have highlighted for Benedict, an ardent Latinist, how his church has lost touch with its traditions. How his resignation is construed will have great effects on his flock and the choice of its next shepherd. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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